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Drought in Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
Drought October 1, 2022 – October 31, 2022 · Uplands of the Bootheel, New Mexico
What the National Weather Service wrote
The southern half of the zone remained in Severe(D2) drought with Moderate(D1) drought north.
The wider storm
Another month of above normal precipitation brought almost all of southern New Mexico out of Severe(D2) drought or worse. By the end of October, only a a small area around the New Mexico Bootheel remained in Severe drought.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1059778. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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